Monthly Subscriptions Is The Best Way To Make Money!

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If you're an affiliate marketer you are probably overjoyed each time you make a sale and collected yet another name and email address to add to your opt-in list.

But did you know that once you have made that sale that is it until you carry out a followup campaign selling other products you own. However, you have to remember that your customers may not purchase the backend products.

There is a better way to make money through affiliate marketing, and that is by marketing a product that is paid for via a monthly subscription, for either 6 or 12 months.

By way of example, if you have a 12 monthly subsrcription running at £30 per month, and you acquire 100 subscriptions that's £3,000 per month for 12 months, which will work out more beneficial in the long run, than the sale of 100 single payments of a £47 product.

The £47 is a one off payment whereas the £30 monthly subscription, which is a reasonable sum achievable by most prospects, will be repeated over and over again for 12 months. A much better money making route.

So, the next time you are looking at an affiiate product to market seek out ones that carry a monthly subscription!
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  • Profile picture of the author Tasso Pepi
    Very true...

    This is a good plan as you in some ways creating a passive income...
    Plus you should have an autoresponder sequence set up when you start these campaigns so you can further give away high quality products to them and then sell other great high quality products also...

    Nice Post...

    Tas
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    • Originally Posted by Tasso Pepi View Post

      Very true...

      This is a good plan as you in some ways creating a passive income...
      Plus you should have an autoresponder sequence set up when you start these campaigns so you can further give away high quality products to them and then sell other great high quality products also...

      Nice Post...

      Tas
      Thanks Tas.

      An Autoresponder is a must so that you can keep in touch with your customers and as you say give away or sell high quality products.
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      • Profile picture of the author yesacpow
        It's always nice to see those recurring payments coming through. You make the sale once and get paid over and over.

        So if you make 10 sales every month, your profit will just keep growing by a factor of 10. Awesome!
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    This is good if you have a busy forum, that way you can charge people maybe $10/month to advertise their services...
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  • Profile picture of the author MJ Sterling
    I completely agree.

    One of my business models is based around this kind of system and affiliates have been earning thousands each month. The best thing is that they earn more and more each month.. it's a real snowball effect.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sink or Swim
    When you sell quality content it will gain trust in your list to sell to, so it could only help your back end sales in the future.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike24
    For the monthly subscriptions, what type of products do you offer in your monthly service? Newsletters, free ebooks?..
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    • Profile picture of the author MJ Sterling
      Originally Posted by Mike24 View Post

      For the monthly subscriptions, what type of products do you offer in your monthly service? Newsletters, free ebooks?..
      In mine I provide members with original videos, ebooks, templates, planners etc
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    • Originally Posted by Mike24 View Post

      For the monthly subscriptions, what type of products do you offer in your monthly service? Newsletters, free ebooks?..
      I offer tools that will assist the prospect build an on/off line business. Tools that cover; setup, website creation, lead capture, list building, marketing, follow up and more.

      The tools come in the form of DVDs, high quality ebooks, PLRs, Newsletters, and sometimes half price entrance fees to seminars.
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  • Profile picture of the author dete49
    This is a excellent post. I know a guy that sells a newsletter about repairing and building computers and he has made enough money to build a nice house and make the monthly payments.
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  • Profile picture of the author money2k
    I agree 100%. Monthly memberships are the way to go. I am developing my current website using this model.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jacer
    Shhhh.... Don't tell everyone our secret!

    I still can't believe more people don't take advantage of this! Many people refrain from promoting really expensive products($1000+) but miss similar commissions by selling membership site programs that can yield similar affiliate payouts. Continuity is awesome!
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    I think basically if you have a service forum such as hairdressing for instance and you get hundreds of posters obviously in that lot you will end up with professionals, selling them a space or the ability to post in a forum advertising their wares is definitely the way to go.

    You don't want to price yourself out of the market but if you have a captive audience of thousands in London how much would telling everyone about your shop be worth to you?

    Certainly more advantageous than the crap shoot of traditional media :p

    I would go with $10-25 or so per month, with the first month free to get them addicted to it and then it is a residual income on top of banner ads that will allow you to simply retire early lol
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidParnell
    I love residual income too! One of my businesses is a small domain name and hosting business and people pay me monthly. I can count on it to cover my mortgage every month.

    Do the work once, reap the rewards for months and sometimes even years.

    I also like flipping sites for quick cash.

    It's always good to have multiple strategies and sources setup.

    -David
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  • Profile picture of the author dsmpublishing
    So true

    I provide subscriptions to subscribers and i must admit i always have a lot more people promoting my subscription products than any other.

    There is just so much of an attraction with a long term income from one affiliate promo.

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    • Profile picture of the author oneplusone
      I agree that continuity is great, although I do think it is important to understand that people will drop out - especially on higher price continuity.

      100 members paying $30/month does NOT equal a $3,000/month income for life, not even $3,000/month for one year if it is a 12 month fixed term membership.

      This is an illusion.

      Even if you offer a fantastic service, they will drop off at minimum 10% per month.

      You have to remember that many people simply don't like the idea of being rebilled monthly so cancel quickly, some can't afford the rebills, many credit cards expire etc

      At the end of one year only around 28 clients would be left from 100 clients with a 10% per month drop off rate.

      The reason I bring this up is, I see many people thinking you can do this and be set up for life (or for a year etc) and not think about the fact that you have to proactively replace the clients who drop out each month to sustain the income.

      So while I think continuity is great, it is critical to understand that you still have to work on bringing in new clients regularly just like with any other model.
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